1. KOB 4 (story and video) - "New lighting installed at UNM to improve student safety"
UNM installs more lights throughout main campus.

2. The American Genius - (story and video) "The blurring lines between professional, personal social media use"
Benson Hendrix, UNM social media expert and adjunct instructor talks about the unseen social media shift.

3. ABQ Journal - "Social media: Perils and payoffs for public officials"
UNM President Robert Frank and Benson Hendrix, adjunct instructor of social media in the UNM Department of Communications and Journalism, addresses social media use and consequences.

4. All about Jazz – “Christian Pincock: Plentiful Excitement (2013)"
Story features musician Christian Pincock, who until recently was a teacher at the UNM.

5. BizWire Express - "Genelex Forms Clinical Advisory Board"
Dave Durham, Clinical Assistant Professor at UNM, School of Medicine and current Chair of the Board of Governors of the American College of Neurocognitive Medicine, selected to the Clinical Advisory Board that will help doctors optimize complex medication regimens.

6. Media Monitoring from Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013

4 KOB 5:00 AM, 5:02 AM, 6:02 AM, NOON

A UNM FRESHMAN ASKED US TO CHECK OUT A RUMOR AFTER HE WAS ROBBED AT AN ATM. HE HEARD IF YOU'RE IN TROUBLE AT AN ATM AND YOU PUNCH IN YOUR PIN NUMBER BACKWARDS---POLI CE WILL BE NOTIFIED. IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA. CALEB JAMES TAKES A LOOK AT THIS GOOD QUESTION. SAM GARCIA SAYS HE'LL NEVER LOOK AT THE ATM QUITE THE SAME AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM LAST WEEK. AS I WAS ENTERING MY PIN I NOTICED ON THE MIRRORS THAT HE WAS WALKING UP BEHIND ME, SO I KNEW HE WAS THERE. THE 20-YEAR-OLD UNM FRESHMAN WAS HELD UP AT THIS BANK OF AMERICA ATM ON WEDNESDAY... HE APPROACHED ME AND ASKED IF I WOULD HELP HIM OUT. THE MAN FORCED SAM TO DEPOSIT A FRAUDULENT CHECK, THEN WITHDRAW AGAINST IT. I WAS IN A BAD SITUATION. WHEN THE SHOCK WORE OFF, SAM LOOKED INTO IT AND FOUND OUT LOTS OF PEOPLE GET HELD UP AT ATMS. IN AUGUST, SEVERAL WOMEN WERE VIOLENTLY ROBBED AT ALBUQUERQUE ATMS. SO A QUESTION REMAINED... AND A RUMOR SEEMED TO ANSWER IT. WE HAD HEARD FROM A FAMILY FRIEND OF OURS THAT IF YOU ENTERED YOUR PIN BACKWARD THAT IT WOULD ALERT THE POLICE. SO WE WENT DIGGING ONLINE AND TRACKED THE RUMOR TO A REAL MAN -- ILLINOIS INVENTOR JOSEPH ZINGHER. HELLO? SO WE CALLED HIM... BACK IN 1998 IS WHEN I GOT THE PATENT FOR IT. ZINGHER INVENTED AN EMERGENCY PIN SYSTEM ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO... SOFTWARE THAT WOULD CALL COPS, BUT ALLOW THE TRANSACTION TO PROCEED. HE CONTACTED HUNDREDS OF BANKS WITH HIS POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING INVENTION. EVERY LAST ONE GOT THE DOOR SLAMMED IN THEIR FACE. NO ONE WANTED ZINGHER'S TECHNOLOGY. THE BANKING INDUSTRY JUST DOESN'T LIKE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW HOW OFTEN THIS HAPPENS. AND FOR VICTIMS LIKE SAM... THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE HELPED. THINGS WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY. IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER THAT THEY WOULD KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFE. SO THE ANSWER TO THIS GOOD QUESTION: THE TECHNOLOGY EXISITS, BUT IT'S NOT IN YOUR ATM. ZINGHER HOPES BANKS WILL ADMIT THEY NEED THE SYSTEM. WE CONTACTED SEVERAL BANKS AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.

5:34 AM, 6:34 AM, 8:26 AM

UNM STUDENTS HAVE SOMETHING TO BOAST ABOUT TODAY. THEY HELPED DEVELOP AN ALL SOLAR-POWERED, AFFORDABLE HOME AT MESA DEL SOL. THE HOME HAS "NEVER-BEFORE SEEN SUSTAINABLE FUNCTIONALITY." THE DESIGN IS CALLED SHADE, SHORT FOR SOLAR HOMES ADAPTING FOR DESERT EQUILIBRIUM. OFFICIALS SAY THE HOUSE IS ENERGY NET-POSITIVE WHICH MEANS IT PRODUCES MORE POWER WITH ITS SOLAR SYSTEM THAN IT USES FOR HEATING, COOLING AND OTHER CONSUMPTION. THE HOME IS OFF UNIVERSITY - AT MESA DEL SOL JUST NORTH OF THE ABQ STUDIOS.

6:00 AM, 6:30 AM

A NEW FEATURE AT THE UNM MAIN CAMPUS HOPES TO MAKE STUDENTS FEEL A LITTLE SAFER. NEW LIGHTING WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS. IT'S JUST ONE OF MANY NEW THINGS THE UNIVERSITY HAS DONE SINCE A NUMBER OF ASSAULT ISSUES. NIKKI IBARRA IS LIVE AT UNM WITH MORE. WHERE I AM -- IT'S LIT, NO PROBLEMS SEEING WHAT'S AROUND ME BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE IN SOME PARTS OF THE SCHOOL. ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS GOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO CHANGE THAT. THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NOTICED HOW DARK IT WAS NEAR ZIMMERMAN LIBRARY AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO THEY GOT 225-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE TO EITHER UPGRADE OR GET BRAND NEW LIGHTING ACROSS THE CAMPUS. EARLIER THIS YEAR -- THERE WERE A COUPLE OF GROPING INCIDENTS ON CAMPUS WHERE STUDENTS WERE WALKING TO AND FROM THEIR CLASS. UNM POLICE HELD SAFETY WALKS -- WHERE GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF WOULD WALK AROUND THE SCHOOL AND POINT OUT ANY PROBLEMS THEY SEE. A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED BY THE SCHOOL TO HELP WITH THIS ISSUE.

A GROUP OF UNM STUDENTS RECENTLY GOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE STATE TO IMPROVE LIGHTING ON CAMPUS. BUT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY NEW SAFETY ADDITIONS STUDENTS HAVE SEEN RECENTLY. NIKKI IBARRA JOINS US LIVE AT UNM WITH DETAILS. YEAH LIGHTING ISN'T THE ONLY THING. STUDENTS WANT TO HELP THEIR PEERS REPORT CRIMES ON CAMPUS. JUST LAST MONTH, UNM POLICE LAUNCHED A WEBSITE, MAKING REPORTING CRIMES EASIER AND THE TIPS STUDENTS REPORT ARE ANONYMOUS. ON THE WEBSITE, STUDENTS CAN ALSO SEE DAILY CRIME AND FIRE REPORTS. POLICE STARTED THIS SITE SO THEY CAN GET MORE INFORMATION OUT TO STUDENTS AND ALSO TO GET MORE FEEDBACK. POLICE SAY STUDENTS SHOULD WALK IN GROUPS -- ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. AND MORE RECENTLY, UNM ADDED OR IMPROVED LIGHTING NEAR THE ZIMMERMAN LIBRARY. ... A STUDENT GROUP GOT 250- THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DO THAT.

7:26 AM, 9:26 AM

UNM IS GETTING NEW FEATURES TO THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT GOT 225-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EITHER UPGRADE OR GET BRAND NEW LIGHTING ALL AROUND THE CAMPUS - INCLUDING ZIMMERMAN LIBRARY. THIS AFTER A COUPLE OF GROPING INCIDENTS THIS YEAR. UNM POLICE ALSO HELD SAFETY WALKS -- WHERE GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF WOULD WALK AROUND THE SCHOOL AND POINT OUT ANY PROBLEMS THEY SEE.

4 KOB 6:00 PM

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS EXPECT SPRING ENROLLMENT TO FALL AGAIN IN 2014. THAT'S WHAT THE CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS IS REPORTING. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS SHOW...SYSTEM WIDE....FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT IS DOWN 10-PERCENT AT NEW MEXICO STATE. AND AT THE CARLSBAD CAMPUS... ENROLLMENT IS DOWN MORE THAN 25 PERCENT. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FRESHMEN AND DUAL-CREDIT STUDENTS WHO EARN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CREDIT AT THE SAME TIME.

7 KOAT 5:00 AM, 6:36 AM

UNM IS SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO GRADES AND THE GRADUATION RATE AMONG FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS. THE UNIVERSITY MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM A YEAR AGO. THE CHANGES ARE PART OF A GLOBAL INITIATIVE. NOW, THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD AND FOREIGN STUDENTS ARE UP... 8-PERCENT. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS STUDYING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE HAS ALSO RISEN.

7 KOAT 5:00 AM

A NEW DRUG COULD CHANGE THE WAY DOCTORS FIGHT CANCER. SCIENTIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND THE SANDIA NATIONAL LABS HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW TREATMENT CALLED THE PROTOCELL. THEY SAY THE PROTOCELL COULD BE INJECTED DIRECTLY INTO THE PERSON AND WOULD ATTACK THE CANCER CELLS DIRECTLY, LEAVING THE HEALTHY CELLS ALONE. THEY SAY IT WOULD VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMO THERAPY. ONE IDEA IS THAT MANY DRUGS THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO MAKE, ALL OF THEM COULD BE LOADED INTO THIS PARTICLE. SCIENTIST ESTIMATE THE NEW TREATMENT IS ABOUT 10 YEARS AWAY FROM BEING USED ON PEOPLE.

41 KLUZ 5:00 PM, 10:00 PM

AUTORIDADES DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE NUEVO MEXICO ORDENARON LA INSTALANDO DE NUEVAS LUCES ALREDEDOR DEL CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO PARA PROTEGER A TODOS SUS ESTUDIANTES EL SISTEMA DE LUCES PARA MEJORAR LA VIGILANCIA TENDRAN UN COSTO DE 225 MIL DOLARES, Y ESTE DINERO SALDRA DE LOS FONDOS OTORGADOS POR LA LEGISLATURA ESTATAL EN RESPUESTA A UNA PETICION DE LA ASOCIACION DE ESTUDIANTES DE UNM....- YA QUE EL CAMPUS ES DEMASIADO OSCURO CERCA A LA BIBLIOTECA DE ZIMMERMAN. AUTORIDADES DESEAN PREVENIR DESEAN AUTORIDADES AUTORIDADES DESEAN PREVENIR ALGUNOS CRIMENES EN UNM COMO LOS DOS INCIDENTES A PRINCIPIO DE A}O EN EL QUE VARIOS ESTUDIANTES FUERON ACOSADOS MIENTRAS CAMINABAN A CLASE.